Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-02-15
NEW YORK EVICTI0NS.
TWENTY THOUSAND FAMILIES o.S-
POSSESSED IN THE CITY IN 1886.

POSSESSED IN TIE CITY IN 1886.
The Item Of Rent Out Of Proportion to
a Poor Mans Income-what Become.
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makers.
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uhioh hira ,ha,U ronms from month 10
mnnth 10 ,atan - ho ho, vycen I50 GOA and
~, 900 ,han 80 ana1,en,h Of these fam.
,;a, - - - ont ~ ,bcir homes
drr;nn ~ 49,. M rooariv NJ Tho eleyan
d;s,r;e, n.nva !, Eonr district
on,r,s - ssom that, ,hey have
issued some ~ OOO disnossess summonses.
each one of which was a notice to family
10 nav I'M or 90,
To saw thar there were some 90, 900 fam
flies driven out If their homes last year
carries only mart NJ the meaning. The
average nnmber az persons in those poor
families is greater mar in rich or well-to-
do families II is n fair estimate TO say
that in those 30 OOO families there were
100 600 men. women and children, most
of whom were unable 20 earn a sufficient
living The item of rent was a great one
with them ont of nroportion 10 what Il is
IN a man with n moderate income. A
laborer earning al a day, or s26 a month,
has "a nav from S6 30 10 $40 rent, or over
a third of his income. while a working
man who gets S3. 50 a day will not pay
over ais n month rent. With n majority
Of those 90 600 families the rent was more
than thew could bear and they succumbed.
Thu head az the family may hive been
sick. on A spree or ont of work, The
family could economize in food. fuel and
clothing, but they lived in the cheapest
tenement already and the rent forced
them out. II is a puzzle where they 90.
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No,witbstanding the ueneral immersion
drunkenness and sbiftlessness in themselves
! are moi the Immediate cause az many civic.
ions. A mans drunkenness NAV cause
him to lose his place. and then. without
work. he has mo income bnt as Iong ne ~
works his wife usually MANAGES 10 oet
enough of his nav 10 nav the rent Lack
of work and SICKNESS or iaa,b In tho family
are the main causes Of faJling behind in
the rent Tho family GET so far behind In
their rent that n Is neyt IN imnossihle N
pay nm. and they are eyic,ed sell ali thew
can of their furniture. and start over again
in a new ~neipbborbood IL the father ge,s
work then and il In good health he NAV
regain a home. IL he doesn't, his family
breaks IN. and he NAV become n tramp. =
criminal or a pauper.
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